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Published on 16 Jan 2017
Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu doubles as Israel's communications
minister, putting him in an interesting position after this week's media
scandal.
If you want to be a print journalist in Israel, you really don't have a lot of places to go. And that is a sad thing.
Anat Balint, writer, Seventh Eye
Leaked audio tapes - recorded from meetings in 2014 - have allegedly revealed how Netanyahu tried to negotiate a deal with Arnon Mozes, the owner of the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper, and the man Netanyahu has repeatedly called his media nemesis. The extra twist in the tale is that Netanyahu was seemingly willing to sell out Israel Hayom - the newspaper that has been most favourable towards him.
On the tape Netanyahu suggests that if Mozes and his paper cover him more favourably, his government could find ways of limiting Israel Hayom's distribution – which would be good for Mozes' paper.
Netanyahu's fraught relationship with the media in Israel is not a new story, however. Throughout his three decades in Israeli politics, Netanyahu's controversial 'victim' role in his dealings with the media has always rubbed journalists the wrong way.
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If you want to be a print journalist in Israel, you really don't have a lot of places to go. And that is a sad thing.
Anat Balint, writer, Seventh Eye
Leaked audio tapes - recorded from meetings in 2014 - have allegedly revealed how Netanyahu tried to negotiate a deal with Arnon Mozes, the owner of the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper, and the man Netanyahu has repeatedly called his media nemesis. The extra twist in the tale is that Netanyahu was seemingly willing to sell out Israel Hayom - the newspaper that has been most favourable towards him.
On the tape Netanyahu suggests that if Mozes and his paper cover him more favourably, his government could find ways of limiting Israel Hayom's distribution – which would be good for Mozes' paper.
Netanyahu's fraught relationship with the media in Israel is not a new story, however. Throughout his three decades in Israeli politics, Netanyahu's controversial 'victim' role in his dealings with the media has always rubbed journalists the wrong way.
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